eduGAIN Operational Practice Statement

This document describes procedures used in the management of the=
eduGAIN core, i.e. global eduGAIN membership issues and information servic=
es. The eduGAIN services are managed by the eduGAIN Operational Team (OT). =
Additional operational documentation is provided separately for each of the=
eduGAIN operational profiles.

Operati=
onal Team tasks

As defined in [eduGAIN-CONST] the Operational Team (OT) is responsible f=
or:

Preparing an audit plan for the eduGAIN operational practices on the re=
quest of the eSG.

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eduGAIN Joining and Membership

eduGAIN recognises two categories of federation within its structure: me=
mbers and participants. Members are those federations that have compl=
eted the first steps to joining eduGAIN, but are not actively using any tec=
hnology profile (such as providing SAML metadata to the MDS) at the moment.=
Many federations may become a member AND provide documentation to ac=
tively join a federation at the same time. This Operational Practice =
Statement provides more information on the steps needed to become a Member =
only - as described in the eduGAIN Constitution.

The process to join eduGAIN as a Member Federation is as follows:

A representative of the applicant Federation signs the eduGAIN Policy D=
eclaration and presents it to the OT.

The OT confirms that the applicant Federation fulfils the requirements =
in section 3.1 of the eduGAIN constitution.

The OT prepares and presents a membership proposal to the eSG for comme=
nt and review.

The eSG approves or rejects the application via a vote.

When an applicant is approved, the OT takes the necessary steps to regi=
ster the Federation to eduGAIN.

Op=
erational Team procedures

Registration and modification of federation informat=
ion

information type

security level

federation delegate to eduGAIN SG

S

federation delegate deputy to eduGAIN SG

S

federation page URL

1

federation mail contact

2

Federation delegate and deputy are the only federation representatives a=
uthorized to submit information, therefore their identity needs to be estab=
lished in a trusted way, this is however part of the global eduGAIN trust m=
odel, not specific to the SAML prifile.